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Dover
Dover
(; ) is a
town
and major
ferry
port
in the
home county
of
Kent
, in
South East England
. It faces
France
across the
strait of Dover
, the narrowest part of the
English Channel
, and lies south-east of
Canterbury
; east of Kent's
county town
Maidstone
; and north-east along the coastline from
Dungeness
and
Hastings
. The town is the administrative centre of the
Dover District
and home of the
Dover Calais ferry
through the
Port of Dover
. The surrounding
chalk
cliffs have become known as the
White Cliffs of Dover
.
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